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02.15.2018
- I would like to share Miriam's DACA story and continue to demand that House Republicans allow a vote on a clean Dream Act. Miria, was brought to Oregon by her parents when he was a little girl. As she has grown, she not allowed her immigration status to deter her from working hard or pursuing her dr...

I would like to share Miriam's DACA story and continue to demand that House Republicans allow a vote on a clean Dream Act. Miria, was brought to Oregon by her parents when he was a little girl. As she...

Mr. Speaker, I stand here today to share the story of Miguel of Salem, Oregon and once again to urge Republican leadership to put aside partisan politics and include a clean Dream Act in this week’s s...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share Fabiola’s story and continue to demand a vote on a Clean Dream Act. Fabiola and her family moved to Oregon when she was just six years old. When DACA was announced, ...

Thank you. Well, how do you make a bad and inequitable tax bill better? For my Republican colleagues, apparently that means cutting tax rates for the wealthy even more than in the original bill as we ...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge House Republicans to put aside partisan politics and pass the DREAM Act. This fall, I have shared story after story from House floor of young Oregonians who have bene...

1.5 trillion-dollar deficit. That is what my so-called fiscally conservative Republican friends want to add to our nation’s already huge debt. A debt that, according to former Chairman of the Joint Ch...

Today I share the story Priscila of Salem, Oregon. Priscila was only five years old when she first arrived in Salem, Oregon. She attended Scott Elementary school where her teachers first planted the s...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share the story Hugo of Salem, Oregon and continue to urge Speaker Ryan to put forth a clean Dream Act bill. Hugo is an undocumented Oregonian born in Veracruz, Mexico. Hu...

1.5 trillion. No, I guess it is closer to 2.3 trillion with interest. That is the amount this partisan tax reform plan adds to our debt and deficit. I have had a few folks say, “well we have had 10 tr...

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Today my friends on the Republican side released their fiscally irresponsible tax bill. I'm still reading my way through the 492 page proposal but it doesn't take long to notice...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share the story Marco, a Dreamer in Portland, Oregon and to continue to urge Speaker Ryan to put forth a clean Dream Act bill. In 1995 Marco was brought to the United Stat...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share the story of Juan Navarro of Monmouth, Oregon and to continue to urge Speaker Ryan to put forth a clean Dream Act bill. Juan was brought to the United States when he...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker! It's been eight years. For eight years, from the day Barack Obama was sworn in, to the day he left office, I heard my Republican colleagues tell me that we weren’t paying enoug...